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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 3B/ELaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Nigcomsat 1
Launched
May 13, 2007
Image: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Summary
Nigcomsat 1 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 3B/E from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on May 13, 2007. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 44th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,837th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Long March 3B/E flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Nigcomsat 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 230 × 41,862 km orbit inclined 25.3°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Long March 3B/E flightChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 44th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,837th orbital launch attempt20th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Nigcomsat 1 · NORAD 31395 · 2007-018 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2007-018A
- Epoch
- 2007-05-13 10:09:33 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.91238269 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7592299
- Inclination
- 25.2715°
- Ascending node
- 108.5902°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.872°
- Mean anomaly
- 180.8145°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Nigcomsat 1 · NORAD 31395 · in orbit
CZ-3B Y9 Stage 3 · re-entered August 16, 2009
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Nigerian geostationary communications satellite. It failed in November 2008 and was replaced in 2011 by NIGCOMSAT 1R
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
27th launch from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), 2nd this year · 44th from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
99 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Nigcomsat 1 launch?
Nigcomsat 1 launched on May 13, 2007. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Nigcomsat 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Nigcomsat 1?
Long March 3B/E, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 3B/E spec sheet
Where did Nigcomsat 1 launch from?
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Nigcomsat 1 reach?
Nigcomsat 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 230 × 41,862 km orbit inclined 25.3°.
How many satellites did Nigcomsat 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).